Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), scholar
Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a British scholar.
Biography
Medieval scholar, and successful author of ghost stories. Provost of King’s College, Cambridge (1905-1918) and of Eton College (1918-1936). Being captivated by the mysterious, developed a special interest in Old and New Testament Apocrypha.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
- (with Herbert E. Ryle), Psalms of the Pharisees, Commonly Called the Psalms of Solomon: The Text Newly Revised from All the Manuscripts (Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press, 1891)
- The Biblical Antiquities of Philo (London 1917)
- The Lost Apocrypha of the Old Testament: Their Titles and Fragments (London 1920)
- The Apocryphal New Testament (Oxford 1924)